All done and recovering at home
We finally made it home around 2:30 this afternoon after we stopped to pick up some lunch for Julie and I to eat at home. Grace slept the whole way home. When we got home Julie put her to bed and she slept for most of the afternoon. The doctor called us this afternoon at home to check on Grace.
She's doing really well. Her eyes definitely hurt and she is letting us know they hurt but she isn't letting it hold her back. She's watching TV and now she's coloring and cutting things out. Her left eye is feeling much better than her right eye. She's basically leaving her right eye closed and just using her left eye; which is odd because her left eye was the one that was turned in and the whole reason we did all of this. She hasn't had any pain medicine since she was in her hospital room. She's definitely ready for some now but it's a real struggle as she's getting really tired now and her eyes hurt and she doesn't like the taste of the prescription pain medicine. So Julie gave her just a little of that pain medicine and then a little more of the same kind that you buy at the store without that special ingredient Codeine.
She's definitely hungry and is wanting to eat a lot of things and drinking lots of water so that's a good sign too. I'm hoping this will all be better in a couple of days because if she doesn't like the pain medicine it might be a long couple of days while we get through all of the pain of her eyes healing and the stitches dissolving basically without any medication to make it feel better. As I already mentioned they gave her some regular pain medicine in the hospital and it didn't help for very long - maybe an hour I'd say and then she was saying her eyes were hurting again. I'm guessing the prescription pain medication would not only work better but would also last longer.
So I guess as with all surgeries only time will tell how fast she'll recover; but overall I'm really happy about how well she's recovering and how she's feeling. I just wish she'd take the medicine she has available so that she'd feel better. Speaking of not doing things you can, those of you that know Grace would know that she loves band-aids. She'll put them on for really no reason and wear them around the house and basically just play with them. When the nurse took the I.V. out today and was asking her what band-aid she wanted she said she didn't want one at all. So here's a real reason to wear a band-aid and quite honestly I'd want one but she didn't so the nurse just held some pressure on it a bit longer and she didn't get a band-aid. She's a pretty silly girl!
